underlip
Americannoun
plural
underlipsExample Sentences
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The colonel wore his khaki shirt collar wide open, exposing a shadow of tough black bristles of beard on his egg-white neck, and had a spongy hanging underlip.
From Literature
Intimations of mortality brought on by aging family members, that’s what Milton felt, seeing his father sunk in desk light, jutting out a moist underlip, scanning a dead language.
From Literature
She mulled that over for a while, chewing at her underlip.
From Literature
My mother is not soft; the girl with the small nose and dimpled underlip is soft.
From Literature
He had a small moustache, and beneath his underlip a little imperial beard, which he was wont to tug whenever he was vexed or deep in thought.
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